Fence.



No. 799,184. PATENTED SEPT. 12, 1905. J. H. PISOR.

FENCE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12.1905.

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JACOB H. PISOR, OF ELECTRIC, MONTANA.

FENCE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 12, 19'05.

Application filed April 12, 1905. Serial No. 255,198.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JACOB H. Pisos, a citizen of the United States,residing at Electric, in the county of Park, State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fences, and more particularly to wire fences,and has for its 0biect to provide a fenceincluding both barbed andsmooth wire, the latter being arranged to prevent animals at one side ofthe fence from coming into contact with the barbed wire, while thebarbed wire prevents other animals from breaking into the field or otherinclosure in which the first-mentioned animals are confined.

Another object is to provide a fence including posts especially adaptedfor use in connection with a fence having' the above-nanied features,another object being to provide stays which will support the wires andwhich will also hold the wires of one series spaced from those of theother.

The provision of a fence which may be manufactured at a low figure isalso an object of this invention.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from thefollowing'description, and it will be understood that changes in thespecific construction shown and described may be made and that anysuitable materials may be used without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings forming a portion of the specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is an elevation of the present fence. Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe opposite side of one of the posts. Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofFig. 1. Fig. L1 is an elevation of one of the posts, showing thestrand-wires of one set crossed.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises posts 5,each of which is formed from a metallic plate pointed at its lower endand bent to form eorrugations and resulting interspaees 7, which extendlongitudinally of the post. Two of these corrugations 6 and 6' lie atone side of the post, while one (indicated at 6) lies at the oppositeside centrally thereof, the edges of the plate lying in a plane with theapex of this last-named corrugation. This is accomplished by firstbending the plate longitudinally upon a central line to form divergentportions 8 and 9, and these portions are again bent longitudinally inthe opposite direction to form portions 10 and 11, which diverge fromthe portions 8 and 9, respectively, and these several portions form thesides of the corrugations.

Formed through the portion 8 of the post there is a vertical sei'ies ofspaced perforations 12, a similar series 13 being formed in the portion9, these series lying' adjacent to the apex of the corrugation 6 andregistering in pairs. Slots 8' and 9 are formed in the portions 8 and 9,respectively, one foreach of the perforations of these portions, andthese slots communicate with these perforations 12 and 13 and slantupwardly and toward each other, communicating at the apex of the co1'-rugation 6 to form triangular tongues 14:, which lie with their basesbetween the registering pairs of the perforations 12 and 13. Registeringopenings 15 and 16 are formed in the portions 8 and 9 of the post,respectively adjacent to the apices of the corrugations 6 and 6, andthese openings register with similar openings 17 and 18, which areformed in the portions 10 and 11 of the post, the perforations 15, 16,17, and 18 corresponding in number and arrangement to the perforations12 and 13, and the registering pairs of perforations 15 and 17 areconnected by V-shaped slots 19 to form triangular tongues 20, which aredirected downwardly, the perforations of the series 16 and 18 being'connected by V-shaped slots 21 to form upwardlydirected triangulartongues 22.

In use the post is disposed with its pointed end embedded in the groundand by reason of its peculiar shape presents a better hold to the earth,the latter filling the spaces between the corrugations, as will bereadily understood. The strand-wires of the fence are then engaged inthe registering perforations 17, 15, 16, and 18, the tongues 2O and 22being bent inwardly around the wires, as shown. Other strand-wires areengaged in the registering perforations 12 and 13 and are held inposition by the tongues 14, which are bent therearound. It will beunderstood that one set of these strand-wires are smooth, while theother set are provided with barbs for the purpose described above.

Stays 24 are used in connection with the present fence, and consist ofmetallic plates bent to form divergent portions 25 and 26,

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which are provided with registering Jwire-receiving notches 27 at theirfree edges, the plate being also notched at the meeting edges of theportions 25 and 26, as shown at 28, this notching resulting in tongues29, which are triangular in shape and which are directed upwardly. Atopposite sides of the base of these tongues there are perforations 30.which register for the reception of strand- Wires and with which thenotches 28 commu- These stays are disposed between the two sets ofwires, the wires of one set being engaged in the openings 30 and havingthe tongues 29 bent therearound. while the wires of the other set areengaged in the notches 27 and have the portions lying between thesenotches and the free edges ot the stay bent therearound. It will thus beseen that the wires of the two sets are held in spaced rel-ation toea'ch other and that the wires of each set are also held in spacedrelation. 1n Fig. 4 the adjacent strand-wires of one set are illustratedas being crossed between the corrugations 6 and 6 to take up slack inthe wires.

What is claimed isl. In a fence the combination with fenceposts eachcomprising a metallic plate bent to form corrugations lying at oppositesides of the post, said posts having wire-engaging devices formedintegral therewith and located at the apices of their corrugations,smooth wires engaged with devices at one side of the posts, barbed wiresengaged with the devices at the other sides of the posts and staysengaged between the two sets of wires said stays each comprising ametallic plate bent longitudinally to form divergent portions and havingWire-engaging devices at the free edges of its diverging portions andengaged with one set of Ythe wires and having other wire-engagingdevices at the meeting edges of the diverging portions and engaged withthe other set of wires to hold said sets in spaced relation.

2. A fence-post comprising a metallic plate pointed at one end and bentlongitudinally to form corrugations lying at opposite sides of the postsaid corrugations. being notched at their apices to form spacedtriangular tongues arranged in vertical series, said plates havingregistering perforations therein adjacent to the apices of thecorrugations and communieating with the notches, said perforations beinglocated at opposite sides of the tongues and being arranged for thereception of wires.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. PISOR.

Witnesses:

FRANK J. MILLER, FRANK HoLMs.

